"'''Bite my shiny metal ass'''" is one of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]]'s most used [[catchphrase]]s, and it is one of the most famous catchphrases on ''[[Futurama]]'', together with [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor's]] "[[Good news, everyone]]". It is commonly used by Bender as a retort to a comment at his expense. The catchphrase is also Bender's first uttered line on the show, in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], where he describes his reasoning with that his ass is "shinier than Fry's". The other of Bender's common catchphrases is "[[Me, Bender]]".

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"'''Bite my shiny metal ass'''" is one of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]]'s most used [[catchphrase]]s, and it is one of the most famous catchphrases on ''[[Futurama]]'', together with [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor's]] "[[Good news, everyone]]". It is commonly used by Bender as a retort to a comment at his expense. The catchphrase is also Bender's first uttered line on the show, in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], where he describes his reasoning with that his ass is "shinier than [Fry's]". The other of Bender's common catchphrases is "[[Me, Bender]]".

== Major appearances ==

== Major appearances ==

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After Bender's death in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]", [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] shows a graph of how the usage of the catchphrase has decreased by 98%. The remaining 2% is shortly thereafter explained as being of [[Scruffy]]'s usage.

After Bender's death in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]", [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] shows a graph of how the usage of the catchphrase has decreased by 98%. The remaining 2% is shortly thereafter explained as being of [[Scruffy]]'s usage.

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The central conceit of "[[Assie Come Home]]" relies on the fact that Bender's ass is, in fact, very shiny - the shiniest object in {{the universe}}.

== Variations ==

== Variations ==

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*"Bite my shiny metal hat." {{f|4}} - said by [[Fry]] in reference to the headpiece made of aluminum foil on his head to protect him from reading other people's thoughts.

*"Bite my shiny metal hat." {{f|4}} - said by [[Fry]] in reference to the headpiece made of aluminum foil on his head to protect him from reading other people's thoughts.

*"Is there an [[mobile app|app]] for kissing my shiny metal ass?" {{et|6ACV03}} - about the new [[eyePhone]].

*"Is there an [[mobile app|app]] for kissing my shiny metal ass?" {{et|6ACV03}} - about the new [[eyePhone]].

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Major appearances

In "War Is the H-Word", Bender was prevented from saying the 'last word' of the quote because he had a bomb inside him which would explode if he said it. It could not be removed, so the word which would blow up a planet was changed to 'antiquing', one of Bender's least said words. Surpisingly, his second most said word was revealed to be 'daffodil'.

After Bender's death in "Ghost in the Machines", Hermes shows a graph of how the usage of the catchphrase has decreased by 98%. The remaining 2% is shortly thereafter explained as being of Scruffy's usage.

The central conceit of "Assie Come Home" relies on the fact that Bender's ass is, in fact, very shiny - the shiniest object in the universe.

Variations

Already in the first season of the show, the line had been uttered enough to be a joke of itself, as "When Aliens Attack" feature Bender giving a parody of it when his ass is in fact not shiny, but "red-hot glowing". In subsequent episodes, there have been many other variations of the phrase, said by both Bender and other characters. This is sometimes done as a conscious parody of the phrase, such as when Fry tells Bender to "bite [his] shiny metal hat" (ITWGY). In other variations, it is done by characters who are probably unaware of the catch phrase, for example when Princess Num Num says that Bender "sure has a shiny metal bubbledeeboop" (6ACV21).

Comics

- said by Bender whilst acting as "Benderplate" on the show "Steampunk'd".

Other

"Bite my shiny metal box!" - said by Boxer the Robot, a character based on Bender in Fry's Delivery-Boy Man comic. (Seen on the "Fry's Crudely-Drawn Comic Book - The Crudely Animated Edition" special feature on Volume 5)